deepthi udupa

Here and There - Series

2020-11-16T09:06:00.002+05:30

This series of works were done in late 2016 and 2017. This is also a series which I like to revisit once in a while and I have been trying to add more works in this series every year.

I used to do mostly monochrome works in my early art days and I used yellow ochres and browns a lot.

Then there came a stage when I felt overwhelmed by the browns and wanted to break free from it. That was also a time when I was drawn towards colours, especially blue.

The first work posted here was one such work , which is like a transition period.

I have used my once beloved yellow ochre and brown but also my tryst with blue started from this period.

This series is also my effort to break away from chess and my style of minimalism and put them into paper the conflicts and conundrums that goes on in my mind and giving them a form.

Uneven - Series

2020-09-20T23:28:00.001+05:30

This series of paintings were made in late 2018 and early 2019. Like everyone else, I go through cycles or stages where I am either feeling

very confident about my life and my work and practically all my life choices and then there are phases when I question each and every decisions that I have ever made and the decisions that I am about to make and am in constant dilemma. I am sure that most of us are like that. We all have what some call the Impostor Syndrome.

I have had days when I wake up feeling really good and thinking that today is the day I will conquer the world and just within a span of small period I feel like I am the biggest loser and feel so lost. But at the same time there are days when I wake up fearing and dreading facing life and then something happens and all of a sudden I gain back my confidence. This uneven path is what life is all about. If life was just a smooth path, we wouldn't have appreciated it at all.

These paintings represents that uneven path of life and the kind of dilemma that one faces. We are after all just humans and emotions are what makes us just who we are. Our lives are not a perfect smooth road but an uneven path where we traverse through. We find beauty, happiness, contentment in unusual situation, unusual places and unusual circumstances. We know how to move on despite the problems.

P.S. I do not think of a philosophy and start painting , nor do I think of an explanation after I finish a work. These things just happens on its own. The paintings and the philosophy behind the work just juxtapose on its own sometimes during the work, sometimes before the work and sometimes after a long time after the work has been finished. Often times the game of chess, the patterns and the rules of the game inspires me, just like in this series but that does not happens in all my works.

Blog Comeback

2020-07-02T18:20:00.002+05:30

Since I have been absent from this blogging scene from so long I thought that my comeback post should start from something divine. Hence posting this picture of Lord Buddha. Cats are complimentary with the picture though. I may not be a religious person but I feel that we all need some divine intervention at this time of pandemic. So posting this picture of my painting and praying that may lord Buddha bless us with some peace and good health.

This is an old mixed media work. I started off with acrylics but midway through I began to feel the pressure of not getting the right finishing. Hence i started using oils and it was probably a very good idea as the oils provided a good texture to an otherwise flat canvas. Half of this painting is acrylics and the Buddha part and the writing parts are all oils.

The blues and the oranges are a perfect combination and they bring out the best in each in this work I feel. What do you think of this work of mine? Please do comment and share your opinions below.

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Flowers

2016-03-09T11:25:00.000+05:30

Here are a few of my paintings inspired from Pinterest

From my sketch book

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Colours

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Some of my paintings inspired by Pinterest!!

From my sketch book

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Colours

2016-01-29T10:35:00.000+05:30

Here are some of my art works inspired by Pinterest!!

Circle of life

2015-07-06T11:54:00.002+05:30

This is one of the paintings I did last year.

Life is so unpredictable. Today everything is fine and the next moment life brings unexpected twists . Similarly today if you are down, surrounded by problems, don't fret. There will always be a better tomorrow. Life is a circle, always spinning and never constant.

Title: Circle of life

24 by 27inches

Acrylic n canvas

Peace

2015-04-24T13:57:00.000+05:30

Marriage!

2015-04-16T13:53:00.000+05:30

Hope

2015-04-09T13:47:00.000+05:30

Freedom

2015-04-01T13:45:00.000+05:30

Close to Heart

2014-11-05T18:23:00.000+05:30

The one person I miss the most is my Grandpa. I miss him everyday . I miss his advice, his laughter, his jokes, his presence in our life. He inspired all of us . So here is a small work dedicated to him.

Portrait

2014-10-31T18:22:00.000+05:30

Watercolors on paper

Spreading the Knowledge

2014-10-26T18:14:00.000+05:30

There is something about books that fascinates me . I love reading books, hoarding books, just looking at books and painting books.

So here is another painting on books. if you have not seen the other one check out the previous post.

Craving for Knowledge

2014-10-21T18:09:00.000+05:30

Still Life-Abstract

2014-10-16T17:49:00.000+05:30

Acrylic Painting

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Acrylic Painting

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Different yet head held high

Acrylic on paper

Acrylic

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Gejje Vastra Tutorial

2014-09-29T12:01:00.000+05:30

Hello peeps!!!

After receiving so many queries and requests for a video tutorial for making Gejje Vastra here I am posting a video tutorial for the same. On my last visit to my Mom's place I requested her to help me with this tutorial and she happily obliged. Thank you Mom!!

So the materials needed are cotton, a white towel , a cardboard for support , thread and needle, fevicol and colorful aluminium foil for decorating the Gejje Vastra.

Place the towel on your exam pad, and make rolls or thread of cotton as shown in the video. And when you have the desired length of cotton thread, wind it around a small cardboard piece or any thick card stock. Decide upon the number of petals and wind the cotton for the same number of times around the card stock. Make a knot at the center using a needle and a thread. Spread the flower petals and using colorful aluminium foils, decorate and make designs. It is upon you to experiment and create different designs using the above technique.

Happy experimenting and creating people. This is my first video and was recorded on my mobile. So the quality of the video is not very clear. Pleas bear with me. For further queries do leave a comment or mail me. Will try and reply to your queries.

:) :) :)

The Cat Family

2014-09-27T17:37:00.000+05:30

Oil painting

2014-09-21T17:30:00.000+05:30

My first trial at realistic painting with oils on oil paper .

Watercolor

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